Dana White reveals he wanted to charter a PRIVATE JET for Jon Jones to make sure the troubled star got home “safe and sound”… but the heavyweight champion claims to be a different man and says the UFC boss ” He has no reason to be.” concerned’
Dana White wanted to charter a private jet for heavyweight champion Jon Jones to ensure the troubled star made it home “safe and sound” after his sensational victory over Cyryl Gane at UFC 285.
Jones underscored his status as one of the all-time greats after earning a submission win just two minutes and four seconds after the first round in Las Vegas.
The controversial American had not fought for more than three years since vacating his light heavyweight title to bulk up for a shot at the top division, which he has successfully conquered.
Speaking after Jones’ incredible first-round victory, UFC boss White said: “I told Hunter, charter a private plane and get Jon Jones home to New Mexico right now, safe and sound.”
White’s concerns arose after hearing that Jones had plans for an after-party in Las Vegas, where he was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence in September 2021 after a security guard at Caesars Palace realized that his fiancée , Jessie Moses, had a bloody lip and blood on it. clothes.
Jones underlined his status as one of the all-time greats after earning a submission victory against Cyryl Gane in Las Vegas.
Dana White said he wanted to charter a private plane for Jones to take him home “safe and sound.”
But when asked if White was right to worry, Jones said in his post-fight conference: ‘Absolutely not. He doesn’t have to be worried. Dana knows we all make mistakes and I’m not the man… I won’t even say that.
‘I’m excited to get out. I’m excited to meet my fans. I’m excited to shake their hands, look them in the eye, give them hugs.
I know the tickets were more expensive than usual and a lot of people don’t get a chance to see me in person and I want to give as much good energy as I can.
‘My after party isn’t about drinking or anything like that. It’s about giving back to my fans.
In December of last year, Jones reached a plea agreement that led to the dismissal of the domestic violence charge.
He pleaded no contest to the destruction of property charge for ‘chipping paint’ and leaving a ‘medium dent’ in the car.
Jones’ stellar career inside the cage has been underpinned by multiple ugly incidents outside of it.
His first major brush with the law came in 2012, when Jones crashed his £150,000 Bentley into a traffic pole after a night out. Two years later, Jones was fined $50,000 and given 40 hours of community service for fighting Daniel Cormier at the UFC 178 press conference.
The controversial American has had numerous run-ins with the law, in addition to previously failing drug tests.
Jones was also involved in a felony hit and run that resulted in a pregnant woman sustaining a serious arm injury. He fled the scene before turning himself in to police and was subsequently stripped of his UFC light heavyweight title and suspended. Jones ultimately avoided jail, but received 18 months of probation.
In March 2016, Jones was booked into Albuquerque jail after violating his probation due to being given five drag racing tickets. He was filmed being abusive to the officer in question and was told to take anger management and management classes.
In March 2020 he was charged with ‘driving under the influence and firing a weapon after he was found with a bottle of tequila and a black pistol’.
Jones also had a checkered past with recreational and performance-enhancing drug use.
He was forced to pull out of a fight with Daniel Cormier after failing a drug test for two different banned substances: Clomiphene and Letrozole. Jones then knocked out Cormier in a rematch of him in 2017, but subsequently tested positive for Turinabol, an anabolic steroid, and the fight was scrapped.